Teją́. The Sea. It's neither our name for the great lakes or lesser lakes. It's the sea, and we said we were from the north and from the salt. It's too much right now. Too much like learning that my father performed the Breathings his entire life. I have recordings of him, and I heard them when I was little, and I said them myself after his death. | Forge Project

Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), Teją́. The Sea. It's neither our name for the great lakes or lesser lakes. It's the sea, and we said we were from the north and from the salt. It's too much right now. Too much like learning that my father performed the Breathings his entire life. I have recordings of him, and I heard them when I was little, and I said them myself after his death., 2020. Inkjet with hand-scratched text, Framed: 18 1/2 × 19 in. (17 × 17 in.). Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Moh-He-Con-Nuck.